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Luca.

a city in Etruria; site of modern-day Lucca

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

name[ˈɫuː.ka]Classical-Latin[ˈluː.ka]
  1. a city in Etruria; site of modern-day Lucca

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Where this word comes from

Possibly from Celtic-Ancient Ligurian *luk- (“swampy place”). Or, possibly instead from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”).

name[ˈɫuː.kaː]Classical-Latin[ˈluː.ka]
  1. ablative/vocative singular of Lūcās

    ablative · form-of · singular · vocative
Where this word comes from

From Lūcās.

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